Zoonotic Transmission of Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans Strain, Germany, 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Meinel, Dominik M. ; Konrad, Regina ; Berger, Anja ; König, Christina ; Schmidt-Wieland, Torsten ; Hogardt, Michael ; Bischoff, Heribert ; Ackermann, Nikolaus ; Hörmansdorfer, Stefan ; Krebs, Stefan ; Blum, Helmut ; Margos, Gabriele ; Sing, Andreas
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• Description:
  Severe necrotizing fasciitis was diagnosed in a 53-year-old man in Germany in 2012. Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans was grown from a wound swab sample. One of the patient´s 2 dogs was found to harbor a toxigenic C. ulcerans strain. Results of next generation sequencing of both isolates supported recent zoonotic transmission of this bacterial pathogen.
• Subjects:
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Corynebacterium
  • Corynebacterium Infections
  • Dogs
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(2):356-358.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Germany
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27440/cdc_27440_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 368.74 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7112c94ff037a686b810a035fdfd8eb7da79f9c1a124789a3596f9e910a5934c